Chart Aspect in 2D
The Cartesian chart panel aspect in 2D (ratio between plot Width and Height) depends on the following properties:
BoundsMode - controls how the chart fills the available panel content area.
UsePlotAspect - controls whether the chart should use Width / Height properties of the chart panel to calculate the aspect of the chart plot instead of the chart panel.
The following example shows how to create a chart that has a plot aspect of 1:1 (square):
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NCartesianChart chart = (NCartesianChart)nChartControl1.Charts[0];
chart.BoundsMode = BoundsMode.Fit;
chart.UsePlotAspect = true;
chart.Width = 1;
chart.Height = 1;
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Dim chart As NCartesianChart = CType(NChartControl1.Charts(0), NCartesianChart) chart.BoundsMode = BoundsMode.Fit chart.UsePlotAspect = True chart.Width = 1 chart.Height = 1 |
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Fit2DAxisContentMode - controls how the axis labels and titles are fitted inside the panel content bounds. The following table shows the available options:
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| Disabled | Axis content fitting is disabled |
| Auto | Axis content fitting is enabled and both the labels height and width are regarded. Width is regarded only when the axis is not zoomed. This is the default. |
| LabelsHeight | Axis content fitting is enabled however only the labels height is regarded. |
| LabelsWidthAndHeight | Axis content fitting is enabled and both the labels height and width are regarded. |
The following code shows how to set the Fit2DAxisContentMode property:
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NCartesianChart chart = (NCartesianChart)nChartControl1.Charts[0]; chart.Fit2DAxisContentMode = Fit2DAxisContentMode.LabelsHeight; |
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Dim chart As NCartesianChart = CType(NChartControl1.Charts(0), NCartesianChart) chart.Fit2DAxisContentMode = Fit2DAxisContentMode.LabelsHeight |
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The following images show how this property affects the axis fitting in the chart content panel:
Chart with axis fitting
Chart Aspect in 3D
The chart panel aspect (ratio between width / height and depth) in the case of 3D is controlled from the NChart Width, Height and Depth properties:
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NCartesianChart chart = (NCartesianChart)nChartControl1.Charts[0];
chart.Enable3D = true;
chart.Width = 50.0f;
chart.Height = 50.0f;
chart.Depth = 50.0f;
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Dim chart As NCartesianChart = CType(NChartControl1.Charts(0), NCartesianChart) chart.Enable3D = True chart.Width = 50.0F chart.Height = 50.0F chart.Depth = 50.0F |
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Similarly to the case of 2D you can also control whether axis content is fitted inside the chart panel bounds. This is achieved with the Fit3DAxisContent property.
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NCartesianChart chart = (NCartesianChart)nChartControl1.Charts[0];
chart.Fit3DAxisContent = true;
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Dim chart As NCartesianChart = CType(NChartControl1.Charts(0), NCartesianChart) chart.Fit3DAxisContent = True |
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